Testimony ties Memmer to Iowa City fire case
In Johnson County District Court prosecutors present witnesses linking Jonathan Memmer to the March 1999 Iowa City apartment fire that killed two women. Witnesses describe Memmer as chatty and familiar while tying him to locations and items, including a gas can purchase, shoe prints, and pawed stereo gear. The trial continues next week with potential testimony from Memmer’s former cellmates.
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Azone
Iowa City
Jonathan Memmer
Johnson County
Memmer
van Buren Street
Todd Barnes
Fieldhouse
E. College St
Barnes
S. van Buren St
Laura Watson-Dalton
Maria Lehner
Matthew Bessine
University of Iowa
Apt
Bessine
Apt. 4
Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation
Carl Bessman
Watson-Dalton
Bessman
Allison Bassett
Lenoch & Cilek
True Value
Anthony Folkmann
Greg Thomas
Jean-Paul Cartier
Folkmann
Field House
Greg Thompson
Iowa
Erin Jordan
Erinj
Fyiowa
Reno Urges Balance Of Security And Civil Liberties
Janet Reno, candidate for Florida governor, spoke at UI about strengthening national security without sacrificing civil liberties. She urged better information exchange among federal state and local law enforcement and criticized past actions for not clarifying what should have been done. Contact details for writer Jim Jacobson provided.
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Reno
Florida
Dubuque Arson Spate Seeks Public Help
Fire and police in Dubuque seek tips after nine arson fires in two months, mostly in a two block area including eight vehicles and the Audubon School. A burglary probe is active. Call Fire Marshal lines or police at listed numbers with any information.
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Dubuque
Back in the Race fund-raisers honor injured cyclist Deke Gosen
Deke Gosen, founder of Decorah Bicycles, was badly injured in a fall when his bike hit a storm sewer grate. He now rides with titanium reconstruction and leads the Oneota River Cycles shop. A weekend of poker rides, music, auctions, and dances raises funds for his medical bills. The events run at Oneota River Cycles, Your Place, Cafe Deluxe Underground, and The Hay Market with details on decorah.com/back intherace.
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Gosen
St. Mary’s Hospital
Rochester
Minn
Decorah Bicycles
Mountain Lake
Decorah
Luther College
Iowa
Sharp
Deke
Langton
Oneota River Cycles
E. Water St
Your Place
Silver Dollar
W. Water St
Cafe Deluxe Underground
Trucks Sports Bar & Grill
Hay Market
Washington St
Hearing halted in fraud case tied to alias records
Hmimssa alias Michael Saisa surfaced in papers seized by agents. Co defendants Koubriti and Hannan faced fraud and misuse of visas charges tied to identity documents. FBI noted no proven link to terrorism and sought Nabil Al-Marabh on watch lists. he was later arrested near Chicago on INS request and a Massachusetts probation-violation warrant tied to a stabbing.
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Hmimssa
Michael Saisa
Koubriti
Hannan
Jilali
Nabil Al-Marabh
FBI
Al-Marabh
Chicago
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Massachusetts
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